FUNimation is rolling out more promotion for its release of Mamoru Hosoda's Wolf Children film, which is set to receive a limited theatrical run. FUNimation will also be releasing the movie on home video this year, and a number of screenings are scheduled for various …Read more »
Last week, we brought you a transcript of Mamoru Hosoda's public Q&A session on Wolf Children at the New York International Children's Film Festival. We were also able to get some one-on-one time with the famous anime director to discuss things in further detail. Q: …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda, director of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Summer Wars (2010), and the first two Digimon movie shorts (1999-2000), appeared at the New York International Children’s Film Festival on March 9, 2013 to present his newest animated feature, Wolf Children , and …Read more »
Hello, Otaku USA readers, Yunmao Ayakawa here! It will soon be summer, which for me is time for conventions and car racing. Yes, I am both Cosplayer and Race Queen! I am lucky that sometimes those worlds come together, and this year they will do so …Read more »
Author Reki Kawahara has made a name for himself by writing the light novel series Accel World and Sword Art Online , both of which have gone on to expand into multimedia franchises. Kawahara will be attending Seattle's Sakura-Con later this month—the convention takes place …Read more »
One of the biggest draws to anime conventions is always the chance to meet American voice actors, whose panels and events draw huge crowds and whose adoring fans come in droves to be regaled with insights, behind-the-scenes stories and voice acting tips. But despite their …Read more »
Fans of Shonen Jump titles have a reason to be festive: VIZ Media is now releasing new manga chapters in Weekly Shonen Jump the same day the chapters come out in Japan. To learn more about how this works, we spoke with Weekly Shonen Jump …Read more »
If the name Masaaki Yuasa doesn’t ring a bell with a lot of anime fans, it’s not for lack of talent. The 47-year old director has marked himself over the last decade as one of the most bold and unique auteurs in Japanese animation, delivering …Read more »
Seiyuu Toshiyuki Morikawa has had an extensive vocal career over the last twenty years. He’s performed in over 100 different anime, including some prominent characters such as D-Boy ( Tekkaman Blade ), Dio ( Casshern Sins ), Griffith ( Berserk ), and Sephiroth ( Final …Read more »
Translation by Rika Everett Since its debut in 1987, anime fans have enjoyed the adaptation of writer Izumi Matsumoto’s manga, Kimagure Orange Road . This story contains elements of romance, drama and the supernatural as it focuses on a teenage love triangle. Our initial protagonist, …Read more »
Viz Media recently launched Neon Alley, a 24-hour online channel that’s available through the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation 3. Unlike outlets such as Hulu and VizAnime.com, where you can pick and choose what you want to watch and when, Neon Alley works like a …Read more »
This week marked the deadline for the funding of Kick-Heart , the crowd-funded anime short by Production I.G. and Masaaki Yuasa. With the ringing of the closing bell came good news: not only had Kick-Heart met its $150,000 goal, backers had helped reach a total …Read more »
As we recently reported , last week saw the announcement of an extremely ambitious and exciting project from animation house Production I.G. and director Masaaki Yuasa: Kick-Heart , an animated short to be paid for by fan contributions via crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Kick-Heart , a …Read more »
photo by Yves Tennevin Osamu Kobayashi grew up in the 1970s, something of a golden era for future animators. Weaned on the work of Yoshinori Kanada, Isao Takahata, and Hayao Miyazaki, Kobayashi knew he wanted to be an animator from an early age. After working …Read more »
GEN Manga has turned one year old! Robert McGuire began publishing monthly doujinshi collections last year and we spoke with him when he was just getting GEN up and running. Now that he’s reached the milestone of year two, we wanted to check back in …Read more »
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